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Sams, Judy




Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play.

LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. LPGA, in is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, with headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida runs a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world from February to November each year. The LPGA was founded in 1950 by a group of 13 women. LPGA Tour's events are held in the United States.

Judy Sams was born on 7 October 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. Her height is 5 foot 5 inches. In Amateur, she was winner of the 1979 Midwest Region Championship as a junior at Ohio State; Sams went on to capture the 1980 Ontario Amateur. She was named the Canadian Amateur of the Year that same season. Sams played collegiate golf at Ohio State University for four years.

The 1983 was her most flourishing financial season when she won over $34,000. In that same year, she lost on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff versus Lauri Merten at the Rail Charity Classic. That second place finish represents her career-best. In 1986, she recorded four top-30 finishes including a tie for 11th at the MasterCard International Pro-Amateur. She tied for 38th at the 1994 du Maurier Ltd. Classic, one of the Tour’s four major championships. Her best finish in 1995 was a tie for 33rd at the Youngstown Warren LPGA Classic. Her superior approach and dedication to the game made her stand out from the crowd.

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